Speech and language therapy UL

LucyLuLu11

I rang last week and was told the delay is because they are waiting on ISAT results, I assume this is the international students version of the HPAT? Feels like such a never ending wait at the moment.

Salty

I just did a bit of digging about the ISAT and yeah, it's the International Student Admission Test. I found their facebook page and they had a status from the 20th saying anyone who sat the ISAT prior to the 19th of May has access to their results. It's up to the student to provide their results to the University then. Maybe UL are trying to chase up some people to get their results? I wonder how many places will be allocated to international students.

Salty

I got my acceptance letter today! I actually cried with relief and happiness! I was 68th percentile in the hpat, and I got 67 in the written English.

Spencere010

Got my acceptance letter today too and I was in the 55th percentile! Hoping everyone else on here got good news too.

Spencere010

Oh and forgot to say congratulations Meehan, will be seeing you in Limerick.

Salty

Congratulations to you too! See you there!

LucyLuLu11

Congratulations guys! I also got my acceptance letter, such a relief!

Salty

Congrats Lucy! 😊

Galwaygirl66

Got acceptance letter for OT thank God the wait is over!

Salty

Congratulations GalwayGirl!

mollyxm

Hi everyone, congrats on the places - I'm a past student of the MSc and have reading list books & coursebooks for sale second hand. Please pm. best of luck, Molly

LucyLuLu11

Has anybody looked into or gotten accommodation yet? Is there any where in particular that's good for postgraduate accommodation?

Salty

I booked accommodation in Cappavilla Village through the student living website. There should still be something available for postgraduate/mature students! I'm planning to live on campus the first year, but maybe commute or rent the second year.

pvlondon

Hi all! I can't believe this thread has been so active and I didn't realise! After my second time applying, and agonizing months of waiting, I'm so happy and relieved to have got a place on this course. I am currently based in Japan and am having a bit of a stress trying to get myself organised from here, and despite countless emails from my end am not getting much love from the team at UL. I was just wondering if anyone has any more information than the basics we've been given, such as course dates for 2016/17, reading lists and when work placements start- or even if someone in their 1st year could maybe pitch in. Really looking forward to meeting you all in August!

Salty

pvlondon wrote: »

Hi all! I can't believe this thread has been so active and I didn't realise! After my second time applying, and agonizing months of waiting, I'm so happy and relieved to have got a place on this course. I am currently based in Japan and am having a bit of a stress trying to get myself organised from here, and despite countless emails from my end am not getting much love from the team at UL. I was just wondering if anyone has any more information than the basics we've been given, such as course dates for 2016/17, reading lists and when work placements start- or even if someone in their 1st year could maybe pitch in. Really looking forward to meeting you all in August!

Congrats! It starts on the 22nd of August, but we haven't gotten any other information pertaining to placement or reading lists yet. Postgraduate admissions said they would be in contact again in August about enrolment.

Ann-Marie

Hi,

I'm hoping to do SLT or OT next year in UL, (still can't decide). Just wondering how people got on in the Hpat this year? I'm 5 years out of college and have been told I should pay for the prep course, which is really expensive. I feel like these prep course are more geared towards fields such as Medicine where the Hpat average score is very high. Can anyone shed some light on Hpat average scores for OT or SLT please.

Thanks
Ann-Marie

freakymofo

Ann-Marie wrote: »

Hi,

I'm hoping to do SLT or OT next year in UL, (still can't decide). Just wondering how people got on in the Hpat this year? I'm 5 years out of college and have been told I should pay for the prep course, which is really expensive. I feel like these prep course are more geared towards fields such as Medicine where the Hpat average score is very high. Can anyone shed some light on Hpat average scores for OT or SLT please.

Thanks
Ann-Marie

Hi Ann-Marie,

I also want to apply next year for SLT. I bought the first hpat practice book and am working my way through it, and will continue to practice it until the exams next February, the booklet/PDF is very helpful as it describes how to approach the questions. I read on the hpat website that they are not affiliated with any hpat training courses.

Is the new application system to tackle the huge waiting lists for therapy services in Ireland? To encourage more people to become SLTs? What do you guys think?

Thank you, Ciara

hollyben

Hi
I hope to do the Speech and Language therapy course in UL also. Did you just register on the hpat site and then buy the booklet through the site? Also I'm just wondering how difficult it is to get a place on the course. I'm really eager to do it, would love to be starting it next year however should I be looking into other colleges in the UK? I dnt want to get my hopes up too much for UL. Also did you guys shadow a speech therapist in your area? And is there any interview for UL anymore or is it just through the test?
Thanks

Light92

Hi all,

I am applying to MSc Speech and Language therapy at UL this year and I was wondering if anyone would be able to provide me with advice on this course who is currently doing it/has completed it recently?
Particularly around finances/travel/placement length/weekly timetables!
Please post here if you are available for a few questions or PM me - any help would be much appreciated! Thank you

panda100

Hi all, I'm hoping it will be fourth time lucky for my application to SLT this year! I didn't apply through the HPAT last year. Just wondering, can we register for the HPAT yet? Would people reccomend doing the hpat courses avaliable in the likes of the Institute? I am so bad at these types of verbal reasoning assesments I will need all the help I can get

Any tips on the hpat would be greatly receieved.

nanar21

Hi all, I am applying for speech and language therapy this year and will sit the HPAT in February. I am most concerned with the written component of the exam as there is little to no information on it or what can be expected. Any information on this would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks.

panda100

nanar21 wrote: »

Hi all, I am applying for speech and language therapy this year and will sit the HPAT in February. I am most concerned with the written component of the exam as there is little to no information on it or what can be expected. Any information on this would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks.

I would be interested in this too. I think you can pay to do a practice one through the HPAT site which I haven't done yet.

Any advice or information from those who have sat it previously would be much appreciated

panda100

Just thought I would see if we can revive this thread. Does anyone know when we might know our HPAT scores? I don't think I did very well with it but am hoping that the scores to get into SLT might not be that high this year.

Showna

Hi. I think the HPAT results are out mid april. Then UL inform us if we are succesful in may sometime !! 😀

Ann-Marie

Hi,

I heard that we are informed by UL about a place mid/end of April?!

panda100

Ann-Marie wrote:

I heard that we are informed by UL about a place mid/end of April?!

Going by this thread last year. Hpat results are out mid-April. I guess that could give us a good indicator of what chance we might have. However, its mid-May until UL will let people know wether they are succesful or not. The wait is so difficult!

The hpat went dreadfully for me. I won't put myself through that again so this is my last time applying for SLT in UL. This is my fourth time applying so I really hope it doesn't just soley go on hpat although I know it does

How did you all find the hpat

Ann-Marie

Hi

Thanks for the information Panda. I applied for OT. Don't worry I think we're all in the same boat. It's my first time sitting it, I have absolutely no idea how I did. I'm working full time and spent most evenings for six months going over ******** drills/exams. As you say, the results in April should give us an idea. Although, it's impossible to know, there could easily be 30+ people who got the same top scores. Maybe that's where the written section comes into play. Might be used as the decider, but again who knows.

panda100

Hpat results are out!

freakymofo

I got overall 141 and percentile 35, anyone else wanna share theirs to get an idea of the percentiles? Thanks !

Thom98

the wait is over, 127 in HPAT and 75 in English

Ann-Marie

I'm going for OT and got 135. Not feeling very hopeful!

panda100

I got 161 which was 67 percentile and got 61 in the written assessment. Hoping that might be enough for slt

Ann-Marie

Can I just ask what everyone who has replied is going for, that is OT or SLT?

panda100

Ann-Marie wrote:

Can I just ask what everyone who has replied is going for, that is OT or SLT?

I'm only going for SLT. It would be great to know what percentile people last year got that got in. Its very difficult to know what chance you have as is so dependent on how the other applicants got on.

Ann-Marie

Section 2 was my best section and was always scoring in 80+ percentile in the ******** exams/drills, which are supposed to be harder as you're scored against other countries. However in the exam I was in the 30 percentile. In contrast section 3 is my worse, and ended up getting around the same mark as section 2. As for section 1, it was the same score as I had been getting during prep.

The performance chart for 2016 shows that approximately 2% of the population got over 200. I wonder can I thus consider my 136 to be an okay score, in relative terms ?! As you said Panda, it all depends on the rest. If 30 people were to post scores higher than our own ones on this thread, well then we'd have a fair idea!

https://hpatireland.acer.org/files/HPAT__Ireland_2016_Candidate_Performance.pdf

panda100

I would focus more on the percentile rather than the actual score. Two people last year from this thread got in to slt on 51 and 68 percentile. Other than that I think its a complete guessing game. I don't think we will know until we get a letter from ul unfortunately.

Ann-Marie

Panda, I just read an earlier post from you, and how it was your fourth time sitting the exam. Well, you deserve after going through it that many times

panda100

Ann-Marie wrote:

Panda, I just read an earlier post from you, and how it was your fourth time sitting the exam. Well, you deserve after going through it that many times

It was my first time sitting the hpat but fourth time applying for SLT. They have changed the entry requirements each year I've applied. No way I would put myself through the hpat 4 times!

Ann-Marie

panda100 wrote: »

I would focus more on the percentile rather than the actual score. Two people last year from this thread got in to slt on 51 and 68 percentile. Other than that I think its a complete guessing game. I don't think we will know until we get a letter from ul unfortunately.

My percentile is 26, which is far too low to realistically be in with a chance.

panda100

Ann-Marie wrote:

My percentile is 26, which is far too low to realistically be in with a chance.

Honestly we have no idea until we hear from UL I think. The waiting game continues. Hopefully we will find out by mid-May..

EmmaBlossom

Hi Im going for O.T. and got 125. Not feeling very hopeful at all. Does anybody know how many places are available?

panda100

EmmaBlossom wrote:

Hi Im going for O.T. and got 125. Not feeling very hopeful at all. Does anybody know how many places are available?

I think there's about 30 places but I'm not 100% sure

vanilla_bean

I'm going for OT and I got 153 in the hpat and 63 in the written. I'm in the 53rd percentile. Disappointed as I don't know if it will be enough but I did feel on the day it hadn't gone that well. Will just have to wait and see if I get an offer, the wait is terrible though.

There's really no point in guessing who will get an offer, it all depends on how many people applied this year and how they did. And then you never know how many people will actually accept their place.

kateeh93

Hi I've been following this thread for a while now, this is my first time applying for SLT but I was really disappointed with my score, got 124 and 58 in the written so I've just already ruled myself out of getting offered a place this year! Just going to try again next year although it's so frustrating to have to wait!
Fair play panda100 for all your effort, you deserve to get in after all your work!

panda100

kateeh93 wrote:

Hi I've been following this thread for a while now, this is my first time applying for SLT but I was really disappointed with my score, got 124 and 58 in the written so I've just already ruled myself out of getting offered a place this year! Just going to try again next year although it's so frustrating to have to wait! Fair play panda100 for all your effort, you deserve to get in after all your work!

I really don't think anyone can rule themselves in or out at this stage. It is entirely dependant on how others performed and I think we all found the hpat to be fairly sh**ty this year.

ahen7

Hi guys,

I'm hoping to apply for SLT in UL next year, starting Aug 2018. I'm annoyed that I only started realistically thinking about it post-deadline date so I have the time now to get as organised as possible for the following academic year. Do you guys have any advice on what I can do in the meantime to prep myself in any way? Did any of you do a HPAT prep course? Are they any use?

Thank you in advance, and best of luck to you all with offers!

suziob

panda100 wrote: »

I really don't think anyone can rule themselves in or out at this stage. It is entirely dependant on how others performed and I think we all found the hpat to be fairly sh**ty this year.

Panda check your application process! Mine has been updated 😊

panda100

suziob wrote: »

Panda check your application process! Mine has been updated 😊

Wahoo, i did it!UL SLT here I come :D

suziob

Sooooo happy for you Panda!! I got in too!! Classmates

panda100

suziob wrote: »

For future reference if anyone is wondering about percentiles- I got 158 in the HPAT 62nd percentile and 63 in written. Good luck to everyone

Delighted for you Suziob. finger crossed for all my fellow boardies. I hope to see you all in September!